For the past several years, Mom has rented a house at the beach for the first week of September. Her birthday is September 1st so it's always a great way to celebrate with her. I can honestly say that each year seems to be getting better as the family continues to get bigger. This year, Birdie requested that we take an 'organized' family picture. We were instructed to bring the cliche white outfits for pictures on the beach on Monday night. I am so thankful that she asked us to do that and I'm so happy to have some family pictures of me, G, and P as well as our entire family.
It was so nice to have a full week away from work and really get to spend some quality time with Piper. I spent a lot of time in prayer thanking God for all of my blessings including our health.
Piper enjoyed playing with her cousins. They entertain her and she laughs as soon as Brady walks in the room. Avery was great around her and helps get her paci back in her mouth when it falls out as well as teaching her what her 'monk-monk' says. We They cheered on the Clemson Tigers on Saturday night. Since G is a tiger fan, I 'let' Piper wear a tiger dress. Makes for a cute picture (well kind of)
Can this get any cuter? Both Brady and Avery showed Piper all of the fun stuff to play with on the beach including Periwinkles ('Fairy winkles').
Piper was teething pretty bad which apparently caused her to have frequent poopy diapers and eventually horrible diaper rash. This was her first time having diaper rash and it was bad. We were up multiple times per night changing diapers, giving medicine, giving baths, etc. She ended up sleeping in the bed with us for 3 nights. It was our first experience with a 'bad night' and I can now say that I don't know how parents do it when they have a child that doesn't sleep. Bless her heart!
Birdie loved getting spoiled by her grandkids. Although she was the one really spoiling them!
So thankful for some pictures with my family:
Piper ate fists full of sand. She had so much fun doing it that I just had to let it go!
G went home on Wednesday morning to do some work and came back on Thursday. Ashley decided to take her kids to ride rides so Birdie and Bogey took Piper so I could have some Becca-time. It was nice to get some sewing done and especially nice to get these pictures. Piper rode her first rides too!
My mom's sister, Aunt Anne, flew from Austin, TX to be with us and she was amazing with our sweet kids. Piper loved playing with her (and dressing like her).
Love these two!!!
I was sad to see the last day come, but we sure lived it up. Between the outfit changes and the naked naps on the beach, Piper had a great day and so did her parents. We stayed on the beach until we were kindly told to get off by a small rain storm around 7pm.
It was fun to get to spend some quality time with Nanny. She spoiled Piper with attention and I enjoyed watching their interactions.
Thank you, Birdie and Bogey, for another AMAZING beach weeks! We love you so much and are thankful for the fun memories we get to make with you! (The crabs may be one of my favorites from this year :)
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